A senior aide to President Vladimir Putin has rejected any temporary cease-fire with Ukraine just hours before a US delegation was expected to land in Russia for talks with Moscow where they will urge the Kremlin to agree to a 30-day cease-fire proposal or face sanctions.
So I guess Trump doesn’t have the cards then? Weird.
He already put them on the table before the negotiations started. Art of the deal
No, impossible, I was told he gonna feel very good and very strong.
When the news first broke, I assumed Russua was behind the ceasefire and had already pulled Trumps strings to their advantage.
Now I’m wondering if this administration might be too incompetent to be corrupt.
Of course they’re incompetent. Trump is a Russian asset in that he has a Dollarstore intellect and is easy to manipulate. No bribes necessary.
He’s always been the textbook example of a “useful idiot”.
Until his feelings got hurt by the negative reactions and people liking Zelensky better. Then suddenly he was less Russia minded. What a world we live in.
That’s pretty much it. You shouldn’t be berating him for supporting Russia so much as you should be cheerleading him supporting Ukraine.
That was my thought, too, but yeah. Occam’s Razor, our government is just run by really stupid people.
I expect it to go down like this:
“Look, Vlad - if you don’t agree to this ceasefire, we’re going to stop supplying you with weapons and intelligence.”
“Have you said thank you once this entire meeting?!”
Thank you for trying to fuck my ass and take my countries resources without any guarantees whatsoever of safety.
What is going to happen.
TruMusk - Look Vlad!
Vlad - " Shut up and go home. This is not your business. Do as you are told by my underlings".
TruMusk - Ok :(
I can’t wait for the annual RepubliQan retreat to Moscow on 4th of July weekend.
Lots of parties, music, and blowing Pooty-poot under the table for our best and brightest MAGA congresspersons.
Waiting breathlessly for Trump’s announcement that Zelensky is unwilling to talk peace and Putin is a victim…
trump would like to be the tough guy, but putin will never accept anything from him for sure
No, but too many people were asking questions about Krasnov.
Negotiate a deal and have Russia reject it, then sanction Russia so the senators finally have at least one thing to point at and go ‘see! He’s tough on Russia! He can’t possibly be a Russian asset!’.
Possible, and harmless to Russia since Biden’s administration sanctioned pretty much everything they could already. I will not be surprised though if Trump announces he’s relaxing sanctions based on a promise from Putin to consider future negotiations.
The news tomorrow:
Trump levies devastating 100% tarrifs on imports of consumer electronics and cars from Russia.
Could be fun. Trump has already proven that he will do anything to get a ceasefire (on paper…) when he practically abandoned the Ukrainians, his allies. Now that it’s the Russians who are standing in the way of his goal, I’m curious to see if he’ll bring out the big guns (literally).
extremely unlikely. he hasn‘t once fucked with putin. i think trump is scared of him. perhaps rightfully so.
He did clearly do that last time.
Even changing nothing is a win I feel…
He will call Putin a “smart guy” and “advise” Ukraine to agree to all Russian demands.
I’m expecting something along these lines.
I am shocked! Shocked I say!
Who would have thought that with his best buddy back in the Whitehouse and Ukraine cut off from some financial and military support as a result, that the Kremlin would feel emboldened to reject any kind of peace deal?!
Putin knows that now his stooge is President he can put much do whatever the hell he wants when it comes to Ukraine. At least for a while - until Europe gets a strategy in place (if that happens), and until Russia’s runs out of breathing conscripts.
Here’s hoping the rest of the West can provide enough support quickly to keep Ukraine from losing a huge chunk of their territory.
I mean Donald literally said putler could do what he wants.
Don’t worry - I’m sure our new Dear Leader will find a way to make things even more terrible, and ultimately give Putin whatever he wants.
Though, now that Rubio is starting to come back from his disassociation episode, maybe he’ll do something that’s not apocalyptically stupid (holy fucking christ am I actually pulling for Rubio a little bit…? What the fuck is this timeline). News in recent days from him makes me suspicious that maybe he’s just learning things that sane people already knew, but he didn’t trust because he didn’t do it and he didn’t see it on Fox News et al.
A ceasefire will lock in the territory Putin has.
Putin doesn’t have the entirety of the two provinces he’s claiming. He wants the entirety of the two provinces for a couple reasons. First it gives him a domestic win. Second it screws the Ukrainian defensive lines. Right now they are situated in a way that Russia has to fight through towns that Ukraine can fortify to make them costly. If they use the province borders, they’re relatively arbitrary and Ukraine’s line of defense has to be set up further back, where they can force Russia into towns again. This favors Russia because in a couple years when they finish rebuilding their military they can just take the next area and tell everyone they get to keep that in the next ceasefire.
Is this just a build up to trump being lauded as the bestest negotiator ever?
